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LinkedIn Isn't Just for Jobs Anymore. It's Now a Dating App Too
- bazil376 3y agoDystopian.
- lozenge 3y agoThis is a reversion to the old way where you could meet partners anywhere.
- seydor 3y agoEndorsements are about to get interesting
- Detrytus 3y agoLinkedIn is reverse Tinder: hot girls chasing nerdy guys and getting ignored :) Sorry, I had to...
- konfusinomicon 3y agonot only is she hot, she'll get you a great deal on AI consulting and some cheap offshore webdev work too
- Log_out_ 3y agoIt was reverse engineering and got me locked up, recruiter was cute though.
- RyJones 3y agoI mean, yes? I've said this for years. Turns out, it doesn't work for me.
- palemoonale 3y agoEverything about dating, sexuality, having fun with typical life things finds the wrong audience here, where people love to dwell in front of their terminals.
- junon 3y agoThat's a sweeping statement if I ever did see one.
- RobRivera 3y agoGrocery trips arent just for food anymore! Trips to the coffee shop arent just for caffeinne anymore!!!! Descents into the Warp aren't just Slaanesh anymore! Business Insider you so crazy
- houseatrielah 3y agoDo people still meet in physical places? I thought "relationships-started-online" was (sadly) trending toward 100%.
- throwuxiytayq 3y agoBusiness Insider’s website reliably crashes my Safari (iOS) tab in about 10 seconds after open/refresh. It’s been happening for months, at least. It’s a real blessing now that I think about it
- catchnear4321 3y agoalmost like business insider isn’t just for business info any more.
- kibwen 3y ago> At the very least, she would know whether the man had a job. As the founder and CEO of LinkedIn, I can confirm that nobody ever lies on the internet.
- pyuser583 3y agoI once applied for a loan online. Got an email from a different domain saying I’d get a call. When I received the call I expressed concern I was talking to a scammer. The lady said, “Just check my LinkedIn profile, it proves I’m for real.”
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- stared 3y agoThere is an adage: every social app is a dating app if you are creepy enough.
- gnarlouse 3y agoNightmare Difficulty: Betterhelp
- mcpeepants 3y agoor perhaps Nextdoor
- gnarlouse 3y agoCursed
- tzs 3y agoAnything with a list of people with enough information for you to figure out a way to contact them can be used for dating. I remember reading a newspaper story maybe a decade or so ago about California officials being unhappy that someone who was on the California registered sex offense list was using it as way to find other men who had committed the same offense in hopes of finding dating partners who would not be put off by his crime.
- Fire-Dragon-DoL 3y agoIncluding github?
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- syspec 3y agoThose poor women, truly missing out on the gift that is you.
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- csa 3y ago> Those poor women, truly missing out on the gift that is you. Given how much single women in their 30s and up (I am not in the 20-something demographic) kvetch about not being able to find a good guy to date/marry, I think that some of them (much like this woman in the article, who I think is younger) might do well to figure out the things that make them no-go material for desirable guys (whether it’s guys like me or guys with other traits that they find desirable).
- defrost 3y agoNot finding what someone wants doesn't mean they should settle for what they don't.
- csa 3y ago> Not finding what someone wants doesn't mean they should settle for what they don't. Agreed. I don’t recall advocating for anyone to “settle”, which I personally think is a recipe for disaster.
- defrost 3y agoYou comment does appear to advocate that "some of these" women should mold themselves towards what men want and knock off corners that men find undesirable.
- mike503 3y agoI hate LinkedIn. I closed mine.
- yabbs 3y agoI aspire to this... And... How do you connect with employers, employees, look up companies, jobs, etc.?
- chairs 3y agoEvery job that I've had I've found despite LinkedIn. My first graduate job was through word of mouth, the second I was headhunted, the third I found a recruiter that was worth his salt (who also, eventually, placed me at my fourth). Anything I've needed to know about a company there were ways outside of LinkedIn to find out, often as LinkedIn seemed like a HR washed exercise in grandiose. FWIW they're all but one are companies you would've heard of.
- lopis 3y agoWhat is the value you've had in return from being connected with your previous employers there? I'm connected with my closer colleagues through normal messaging apps.
- satvikpendem 3y agoAll my jobs are from LinkedIn, via recruiters for various companies. In fact, I use the number of messages I get per week as a proxy for how well or poorly the market is doing.
- lopis 3y agoMost jobs I used to get were useless and ignores both my experience and interests. I never got a single interesting offer through there.
- satvikpendem 3y ago
- nathanaldensr 3y agoReddit has a fantastic sub known as LinkedInLunatics[1]. I highly recommend checking it out. A frequent topic of conversation are the posts from females that are just veiled advertisements for sexual services. [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/LinkedInLunatics https://www.reddit.com/r/LinkedInLunatics